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7. IN A MACHINE FOR DELIVERING TO MOLD CUT PORTIONS OF A SLAB OF MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF MEANS TO SEVER THE SLAB INTO A PLURALITY OF CUT PORTION EQUALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, MEANS TO CONVEY THE CUT PORTIONS TO A PLACE OF DEPOSITE WHILE HOLDING THE EQUAL SPACING OF THE PORTIONS, AND MEANS TO EJECT PREDETERMINED SELECTED PIECES FOR FILLING A MOLD HAVING CAVITIES SPACED AT INTERVALS DIFFERENT FROM THE INTERVALS AT WHICH THE PIECES ARE SPACED. 